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Fallout. With ponies! Set in an alternate future, one pony must learn to survive in a blasted, poisoned land... and possibly, with the aid of friends made along the way, bring new light into the darkness of post-apocalyptic Equestria. ·Kkat

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After defeating Alexander for the last time, Daniel happily resides in Ponyville. His nights, however, are troubled by nightmares and his memories are slowly killing him. He must forget them before he becomes a shell of the man he once was. ·TheDarkOne234

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Amnesia is something that is very hard to deal with. It's a lot worse in the megaspell-scorched wasteland of Equestria, where everpony's an enemy. Being immune to bullets does help, though. ·DreamsOfCheese

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An adaptation of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R & Roadside Picnic series in the MLP world taking place in alternate future featuring the cast of the show, & some oc's after a widespread magical disaster. ·BrightOnion

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A.T.P 152 was doing his regular routine. Shoot Defectors. Shove around the Recruits during Recreation Hour. However, It morphed into shooting zombies after Dr.Christoff Brought the dead back to life, after attempting to kill Hank J. Wimbleton. ·airin6ixxx

I see twilight now realizing it now, that liquid, that what it is, scootaloo was expose to it, and the reason it can only open on the inside that liquid ate scootaloo and impersonated, absorbing her memories and personality.

This story is so freakin' awesome, it deserves way more than 9 likes! You manage to keep the tension, emotional responses and mystery to a maximum. I also have no idea who's the Thing in disguise but my money's kind of on Fluttershy (it was on Rainbow Dash originally but then I read that bit at the end and it gave me doubts - see this is what I was talking about when I said you work in the mystery well, you glorious bastard!). Keep up the good work Mr Author, I have the utmost faith in you...besides, it can't be worse than the 2011 prequel can it?

PS. Fingers crossed for somepony's head detaching, growing eight legs and eyestalks, and trying to scuttle off

Rarity and AJ are my prime suspects of being infected, but I can't tell which one it is.

Twilight is definitely not infected, because she wants to find a way to identify the Thing (also, I dont think that the Thing would waste energy on crying while being alone in the lab), plus she was alone with Fluttershy and nothing happened between them, which also strikes Fluttershy off from my suspect list.

Neither Rainbow Dash or Sweetie are infected, because of the 'kitchen scene' - they were alone in the room and nothing really happened.

I also don't think that Apple Bloom is infected, because the CMC were together all the time(I guess?) and the monster couldnt freely infect her without being caught red handed by Sweetie.

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Rarity is off the list too. Why would she scream hysterically when she saw Scootaloo doing this and that with Spike, if she were infected herself?

A My Little Pony/The Thing crossover, by all rights, should be terrible and ridiculous. But this is excellent. I'm hanging on the edge of my seat. With a cliffhanger like this, I hope the next update comes soon. I'm not sure I can take the suspense.

I just read this all in one sitting, excellent. It's a very strong crossover, although there are a few places that get a little too close to the source material for my taste. The backstory for the Thing is very well executed, I'm very happy that you went somewhere besides just "an alien." You capture the paranoia terrifically. The decision to bring in the CMC to increase the kill-count was brilliant and horrible. In a good way.

I like to think that in my own body-horror filled FoE homage to the Thing that I pull that aspect off rather well. I found your body-horror to be deliciously disturbing. I can see the corollaries between scenes from the movie and your work, but you have made them enough your own to really shine.

not just a The Thing crossover, but all of John Carpenters "Apocolypse Trilogy". Amazing. LOL how Sutter Cane is, in Equestria, "Sugar Cane". The Thing was the scariest movie I have ever seen. (The game was rather weak, more of a "rent it" instead of a "buy it". good work

Another excellent chapter. You had me worried a second there that I wouldn't get to read a line about Dash not wanting to spend the rest of the winter on the couch. I'm glad you didn't do it word for word, but I'm ecstatic it was there.

It looks like I'm going to need to look at some of the source material, I am only familiar with The Thing. I don't know if it is from the sources, or something you added, but I'm glad there is a possibility of a reset. While I'm usually pretty grumpy when grim dark writers "wimp out" at the end, it is usually because it seems tacked on. Having the reset as a goal instead of a happy coincidence gives it a believability that is lacking in a lot of other works.

Boy, that was a convoluted explanation, but it makes perfect sense once she gets to the point.

Oh shit. D: But what the hell is up with Pinkie?

So this has gone from Carpenter to Lovecraft? :O Not that I mind.

Hah! And I was about to accuse you of OOC Rainbow Dash.

Coming into this chapter, I found myself wondering why I was continuing to follow such a gut-wrenchingly horrifying fic. I came up with "I like the atmosphere", which is true. Now, I'm putting all those thoughts aside. Despite what's happened, the current scene feels very pony-adventure, and I'm okay with that. Actually, my one complaint at this point is that I don't really remember how everything fits together geographically, and I'm pretty much lost as to where they've gone.

I'm with MisterClacky on this one; the cheap thing to do would be to suddenly fix everything at the end, but introducing it as a tempting possibility really works and adds some hope and suspense to this fic. It would be a relief after the characters we love so much died so horribly. The scene where Pinkie was explaining it all was pretty exciting.

In previous chapters, I felt bad for what happened to Spike and how it affected Twilight and Rarity, but a little worse for the fact the Scootaloo was barely mourned at all. Rarity's death was far worse, though. And poor Apple Bloom is probably traumatized by now, unless she isn't herself. Except ... the thing was under the couch with Dash ... They'd better watch their backs.

Wow. I wonder what kind of ending we're going to get. Is there really a way to turn back the clock? Will the world end? This is intense. Guess that's the thing about horror: miserable endings are just as likely as happy ones, if not more likely.

Interesting twist with Pinkie Pie being the dangerous one. It's particularly clever because Pinkie's already a weird, quirky character. It isn't immediately apparent that she's being more than her usual eccentric self.

Brilliant. The portrayal of Dash in this chapter was amazing. Every scene with her showcased a mounting paranoia and growing disillusionment. And that stubborn "I can win this" attitude was perfect. And her ending? That has to be the most chilling accounting of drowning I have ever read.

I literally had shivers when Fluttershy stared down the big bad. I wasn't expecting that, and it was brilliant.

This has to be the single most amazing, touching and bone-chilling stories that i've EVER READ on this website, it even goes as far as to rank up there on my favourite stories. Adding Lovecraftian horror to an already amazing horror theme such as; "The Thing" was absolutely genius. Great job man! I can't wait to see the next chapter (possibly an ending?) and more from you. Have all of my internets, Infinite internets coming your way!

It was probably the fact that I would have no more to read after reading this chapter that kept me from it. Well, shame on me. Dash's final sequence was amazing to read, and Twilight's equally so. I can hardly wait to see how this ends.

I am ever so slightly concerned that this is not yet over. D: It felt over! Or at least headed for a definite ending.

Interesting start to this chapter. A POV switch that works well, and more importantly is handled properly.

WHOA WAIT WHAT WAIT WHAT WAIT WHOA

He's wanting to know what she saw... This isn't real, is it? Hmm, but then it switches to Weaver's POV... Argh, confused! Though I like how, even after the main danger has passed, there are still questions and puzzles to figure out.

"with the rest of her body was similarly": take out 'was'

Uh-oh!

This seems to have become a completely different sort of story. c.c

@_@

I really have to call you out on using 'feet' and 'meter' in the same sentence. D:

So was everything reset? But things have changed...

This is the thing taking everything over. Or in her mind, something like that. Oh man oh man.

Growling Mad Ponies? Really? This is not the time for ponified musical references.

NOW I am scared. Pinkie, what did you do?

Ah, and what I at first thought was Pinkie breaking the fourth wall actually comes back to an earlier thought I didn't put words to: it's all about the books somehow.

You've got me gibbering madly to myself with Pinkie being squeezed by the green things. @_@

Oh wow, that's a great plan!

YES AND THE DRAGON KNOWS WHAT IT IS

That was the best line, seriously. :D Wow, shit, what a chapter. I can only imagine that the Princess's absence has something to do with something...